List of First in India
- First Scientist of Indian origin to win Nobel Prize in Physics - Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
- First NSA (National Security Advisor) of India - Brajesh Mishra
- First Indian to win Stalin Award - Saifuddin Kitchlew
- First Indian to win Magsaysay Award - Acharya VinobaBhave (1958)
- India's first minister to resign from Union Cabinet - Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (1950)
- India's first Election Commissioner - Sukumar Sen
- First Muslim President of Indian National Congress - BadruddinTayab Ji
- First Chief Justice of India - Justice Hiralal J. Kania
- First Person to submit the proposal of Indian Independence in a Congress Session - Maulana Hasrat Mohani
- First Indian to climb Mt. Everest without Oxygen cylinder - Sherpa PhuDorji (Climbed on 9th May, 1984)
- First foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
- First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics - Dr.Amartya Sen
- First Indian Pilot - J.R.D. Tata (1929)
- First Indian to reach Antarctica - Lt. Ram Charan (1960)
- First Deputy Prime Minister of India- SardarVallabh Bhai Patel
- First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office - Morarji Desai
- First President of India to die in office - Dr.Zakir Hussain
- First Man to climb Mt. Everest twice - Nawang Gombu Sherpa
- First Indian to reach the South Pole - Col. J.K. Bajaj
- First American President to visit India - Dwight David Eisenhower
- First British Prime Minister to visit India - Harold Mc Millan
- First Indian author to get Anderson Award - Ruskin Bond
- First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy - Wilson Jones
- First Indian Space Tourist - Santhosh George Kulangara
- First Chief Justice of India (Born in Independent India) - Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia (September 29, 1947)
- First Indian to win Golden Globe Award - A.R. Rahman
- First Russian Prime Minister to visit India - Nikolai A. Bulganin
- First individual Gold Medalist at Olympics - Abhinav Bindra
- First Indian member of British Parliament - DadabhaiNaoroji
- First Indian to win a medal at World Badminton Championship - Prakash Padukone
- First Governor General of India - Lord William Bentinck (1833-35)
- Last Governor General and First Viceroy of India - Lord Canning (1856-62)
- First President of Indian National Congress - W.C. Banerjee
- First and Last Indian Governor General of Independent India - C.Rajgopalachari (21.06.1948-25.01.1950)
- First Indian to pass ICS - Satyendra Nath Tagore (1863)
- First Indian I.C.S. Officer - Satyendra Nath Tagore (June 1864)
- First Governor General of India (after independence and last British Governor General of India) - Lord Louis Mountbatten (15 Aug, 1947-20 June, 1948)
- First Indian Cosmonaut (to go into space) - Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
- First temporary President of the Constituent Assembly - Dr. Sachchida Nand Sinha
- First Commander-in-Chief of Free India - General K.M. Cariappa
- First Indian Nobel Laureate - RabindraNath Tagore
- First Indian Judge of the International Court of Justice - General K.M. Cariappa
- First Indian to get Bharat Ratna Award - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- First Field Marshal - General S.F.J. Manekshaw
- The President of Constituent Assembly - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- First Indian to swim across the English Channel - Mihir Sen
- First Indian to get Jnanpeeth Award - G. Shankar Kurup
- First Muslim President of Indian Republic - Dr.Zakir Hussain
- First Indian to win Palk-Strait Ocean Swimming Contest - BaidyanathNath
- First Speaker of Lok Sabha - G.V. Mavlankar (1952-57)
- First person to make Printing Press popular in India - James Hicky
- First Education Minister of Independent India - Maulana AbulKalam Azad
- First President of Indian Republic - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- First Prime Minister of Independent India - Pt. JawaharLal Nehru
- First Home Minister of Independent India - Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- First Vice-President of Independent India - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- First Chief of Air Staff - Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst
- First Indian Air Chief of India - Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee
- First Chief of Army Staff - General Maharaja Sri Rajendra Singh Ji Jadeja
- First Chief of Naval Staff of India - Vice-Admiral R.D. Katari
- First CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) of India - Gen. BipinRawat
- First Person to get Paramvir Chakra - Major Somnath Sharma
- First Indian Scientist to get Nobel Prize - C.V. Raman (Physics)
- First Scientist of Indian origin, to get Nobel Prize in the field of Medical Science - Dr. Hargobind Khorana
- First Chinese pilgrim to visit India - Fa-hien
